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Matt Young

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: August 9, 1958 in Pasadena, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 1978 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA) and the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: St. Francis HS (La Canada, CA)

Schools: Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 6, 1983 (Age 24-240d, 14,705th in major league history)
vs. NYY 7.0 IP, 10 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: August 6, 1993 (Age 34-362d)
vs. BAL 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Matthew John Young

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.3

ERA

4.40

333

163

1189.2

857

WHIP

1.489

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-25

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 27

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	158	2	Apr 7	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-6	8-GF(8)	BL(0-1)	99	1.0	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	18.00	6.87	6	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	-0.523	4.60	-0.47%	-2.17	8b 1-3 0 out a2	8b end d 2
2	159	3	Apr 8	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-7	7-7	BL(0-2)	0	0.1	4	4	4	0	1	1	0	40.50	14.12	5	0	0	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	-0.537	3.59	-0.45%	-4.43	7b 1-3 0 out a2	7b --- 1 out d4
3	160	5	Apr 10	LAD		SFG	L,4-5	8-9		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.20	7.37	8	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.088	.96	0.06%	0.99	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out d1
4	161	7	Apr 12	LAD		SFG	W,7-5	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	10.80	5.07	7	0	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	0.249	2.51	0.15%	1.68	8t 1-3 1 out a2	9t end a 2
5	162	9	Apr 14	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	8-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.13	4.93	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.037	1.72	0.03%	0.77	8t 123 2 out d2	8t 3 out d2
6	163	11	Apr 16	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	L(0-3)	1	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	11.81	4.93	2	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	-0.366	2.61	-0.21%	-1.62	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
7	164	16	Apr 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,11-8	7-8		4	2.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	11.05	4.92	10	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.14	-0.270	1.46	-0.21%	-1.03	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out d2
8	165	20	Apr 26	LAD		SDP	L,0-4	8-8		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.13	4.75	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.020	.51	0.02%	1.57	8t 123 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
9	166	23	Apr 30	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-5	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.72	4.67	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	0.058	2.97	0.05%	0.77	7b 123 2 out d1	7b 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	167	24	May 1	LAD	@	STL	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	L(0-4)	0	1.1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	9.31	4.32	7	4	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.99	-0.025	4.78	-0.02%	0.66	9b 123 1 out tie	10b end d 1
11	168	29	May 7	LAD		PIT	W,6-3	9-GF	S(2)	5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.71	4.23	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	0.035	1.96	0.03%	0.52	9t 1-- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
12	169	32	May 10	LAD		STL	W,7-6	8-GF	W(1-4)	2	1.2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	7.50	3.37	7	1	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.33	0.391	5.35	0.29%	1.43	8t --3 1 out tie	9t end a 1
13	170	35	May 13	LAD		CHC	L,0-5	9-GF		2	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	7.62	4.02	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.007	.06	-0.01%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
14	171	37	May 16	LAD	@	MON	L,3-10	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.43	3.85	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.62	8b -23 2 out d7	8b end d 7
15	172	38	May 17	LAD	@	MON	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	8.79	4.06	7	1	3	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.231	1.50	-0.17%	-3.48	8b 12- 0 out tie	8b end d 5
16	173	41	May 22	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-6	7-7	L(1-5)	4	1.0	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	8.22	3.91	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.285	1.31	-0.17%	-1.52	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d2
17	174	42	May 23	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-2	8-GF	S(3)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	7.41	3.46	6	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.181	2.00	0.10%	0.98	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
18	175	43	May 24	LAD	@	NYM	W,8-6	9-GF	S(4)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.27	3.33	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	0.088	3.78	0.06%	0.43	9b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	176	50	Jun 1	LAD		NYM	L,2-5	9-GF		7	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.87	3.25	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.008	.18	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
20	177	51	Jun 2	LAD		NYM	W,6-3	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.52	3.03	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.033	.38	0.02%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
21	178	52	Jun 3	LAD		NYM	W,5-2	7-GF	S(6)	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.82	2.92	7	5	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.121	.68	0.08%	1.48	7t 1-3 2 out a3	9t end a 3
22	179	55	Jun 7	LAD	@	CIN	W,13-7	9-9		3	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	6.45	2.83	5	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.000	.06	0.00%	-1.72	9b --- 0 out a8	9b 1-- 2 out a6
23	180	66	Jun 19	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-3	11-GF(11)		11	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.35	2.83	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.30	-0.178	6.17	-0.12%	-0.05	11b 1-3 1 out tie	11b end d 1
24	181	70	Jun 24	LAD		ATL	W,5-4	8-GF(10)	W(2-5)	4	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.61	2.79	11	4	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.73	0.378	2.13	0.18%	1.48	8t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
25	182	73	Jun 27	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	W(3-5)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.20	2.80	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.272	1.68	0.15%	0.99	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	183	79	Jul 4	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.34	2.80	6	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.027	.22	-0.01%	-0.50	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
27	184	80	Jul 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-1	6-GF	S(7)	0	3.2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.73	2.99	14	7	5	4	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.136	.34	0.05%	3.09	6b 123 1 out a5	9b end a 5
28	185	82	Jul 7(2)	LAD	@	STL	L,4-5	8-9	BS(3)	1	2.0	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	4.98	3.25	8	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	-0.315	.96	-0.10%	-0.97	8b --- 0 out a2	9b 3 out tie
29	186	86	Jul 10 susp	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	W(4-5)	2	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.79	3.18	5	1	2	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.55	0.336	1.57	0.07%	0.89	9b --3 2 out tie	10b end a 1
30	187	90	Jul 17	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	BW(5-5)	6	2.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.78	3.32	9	4	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	1	0	1	3.56	-0.067	2.71	-0.03%	-0.01	9t --- 0 out a1	10t end tie
31	188	91	Jul 18	LAD		PIT	L,2-4	8-GF		0	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.58	3.33	8	3	3	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.70	-0.253	1.49	-0.13%	-0.60	8t 12- 1 out tie	9t end d 2
32	189	95	Jul 23	LAD		STL	L,6-9	9-9	L(5-6)	4	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.22	3.32	5	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	-0.471	1.06	-0.11%	-3.18	9t --- 0 out tie	9t -2- 1 out d3
33	190	98	Jul 26	LAD		CHC	W,7-6	7-GF	S(8)	2	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.85	3.20	10	5	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.86	0.376	.52	0.06%	1.48	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
34	191	99	Jul 27	LAD		SFG	W,6-5	9-9		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.81	3.20	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	0.064	1.36	0.02%	0.23	9t 1-- 2 out tie	9t 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	192	103	Aug 1	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	9-GF	S(9)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.78	3.19	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.044	.88	0.01%	0.45	9b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
36	193	108	Aug 7	LAD		ATL	L,3-4	8-GF		5	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.57	3.09	8	6	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.065	.17	0.01%	0.99	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 1
37	194	112	Aug 11	LAD		CIN	W,7-2	8-GF		3	1.1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.44	3.15	8	6	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.21	0.012	.06	0.00%	-0.01	8t 1-3 2 out a5	9t end a 5
38	195	113	Aug 12	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	9-GF	S(10)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.34	3.10	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.01	0.276	1.36	0.08%	0.88	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
39	196	114	Aug 13	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	8-8		0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	3.10	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.055	.31	-0.02%	-0.64	8t --3 2 out d2	8t 3 out d3
40	197	118	Aug 18	LAD	@	MON	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.22	3.05	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.032	.09	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
41	198	120	Aug 20	LAD	@	MON	W,7-2	8-GF	S(11)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.06	3.01	7	5	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.122	.14	0.01%	1.39	8b 1-3 0 out a4	9b end a 5
42	199	121	Aug 21(1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-2	11-GF(11)	L(5-7)	0	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.24	3.01	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	-0.359	.36	-0.03%	-2.35	11b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
43	200	123	Aug 22	LAD	@	PHI	L,0-2	7-8		0	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.27	3.02	7	3	0	0	0	2		3	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.008	.09	0.00%	0.37	7b 123 0 out tie	8b 1-3 2 out d2
44	201	125	Aug 24	LAD	@	NYM	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.19	3.02	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.029	.03	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
45	202	127	Aug 26	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-3	2-2		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.19	3.02	0							0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						8b -23 1 out d1	8b 123 1 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
46	203	146	Sep 17(2)	LAD		CIN	W,6-3	8-8	H(1)	21	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.17	2.98	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.23	8t --- 0 out a1	8t --- 1 out a1
47	204	148	Sep 19	LAD		ATL	L,7-10	8-8	HL(5-8)	1	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.47	2.98	3	2	1	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	-0.282	.00	0.00%	-2.07	8t 123 0 out a4	8t -23 1 out a1
							22-25		W-L:5-8,Sv:11,BSv:4,Hld:2	2.0	54.1	62	30	27	17	42	3	0	4.47	2.98	234	1.87		14%	1%	20		52	29%	3	1	0	215	11	0	5	9	1	3	1.74	-0.737	1.43	-0.74%	-0.49

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